Folio
Bronze Member
Have had my JD 3032E (my first tractor) with a 305 FEL for about a year and a half and am wondering what advantage I might gain by investing in a tooth bar. My needs:
*moving piles of decomposing hay and composted manure from one place to another
*moving piles of dead fall and cut limbs (some up to 12-14" in diameter) for trimming into firewood or into the back of my pickup for alternative disposal
*scooping/moving dirt and gravel (e.g., driveway) as needed.
I don't do any digging below grade to speak of, which I understand a tooth bar is good for. On the other hand, I'd like to be able to do a better job of getting under my loads than I'm currently doing with just the loader itself. Seems like I'm always cutting too deep, not getting into a pile deep enough, or just pushing it away when I want to dig into it.
Given all this, what advantage is there to a tooth bar? Have done all manner of searches on this site, but all I find are choices of tooth bars. Mine is a more basic question: do I need one at all and just have to improve my loaders skills?
Thanks for any help...Ray
*moving piles of decomposing hay and composted manure from one place to another
*moving piles of dead fall and cut limbs (some up to 12-14" in diameter) for trimming into firewood or into the back of my pickup for alternative disposal
*scooping/moving dirt and gravel (e.g., driveway) as needed.
I don't do any digging below grade to speak of, which I understand a tooth bar is good for. On the other hand, I'd like to be able to do a better job of getting under my loads than I'm currently doing with just the loader itself. Seems like I'm always cutting too deep, not getting into a pile deep enough, or just pushing it away when I want to dig into it.
Given all this, what advantage is there to a tooth bar? Have done all manner of searches on this site, but all I find are choices of tooth bars. Mine is a more basic question: do I need one at all and just have to improve my loaders skills?
Thanks for any help...Ray